How To Install rovclock on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rovclock on Kali Linux.

What is rovclock

rovclock is:

It is very helpful for underclocking the Radeon chip in order to save power when running on batteries. Also, by underclocking it is possible to prevent the fan from running. It can also be used to gain performance by overclocking.

There are three methods to install rovclock on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rovclock Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rovclock using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rovclock

Install rovclock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rovclock using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rovclock

Install rovclock Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install rovclock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rovclock

How To Uninstall rovclock on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rovclock package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rovclock

Uninstall rovclock And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rovclock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rovclock

Remove rovclock Configurations and Data

To remove rovclock configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rovclock

Remove rovclock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rovclock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rovclock

Dependencies

rovclock have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• rovclock website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rovclock package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.